CHAPTER 110 - AGRICULTURE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS SUBCHAPTER N - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PART 110-50 - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 110-50.000 Scope of Part. Subpart 110-50.001 - Definitions 110-50.001-1 Accountable Property. 110-50.001-1a Capitalized Property. 110-50.001-2 Controlling Agency. 110-50-001-3 Depreciation. 110-50.001-4 Gross Negligence. 110-50.001-5 Maintenance. 110-50.001-6 Betterment. 110-50.001-7 Official Property Records. 110-50.001-8 Property Management Information System (PMIS). 110-50.001-9 Repairs. 110-50.001-10 Sensitive Personal Property. 110-50.001-11 Custodian. 110-50.001-12 Additions. 110-50.001-13 Improvements. 110-50.001-14 Leasehold Improvements. 110-50.001-15 Public Domain. 110-50.001-16 Real Property. 110-50.001-17 Resource Improvements. 110-50.001-18 Leases. 110-50.001-19 Personal Property. Subpart 110-50.1 - Authorities and Responsibilities 110-50.101 Authority and Responsibility of the Director, Office of Procurement and Property Management. 110-50.102 Department Property Management Officer. 110-50.103 Agency Property Management Responsibilities. 110-50.104 Agency Property Management Organization. 110-50.105 Agency/Office Property Management Officers. 110-50.106 Accountable Property Officers. 110-50.107 Employee/Custodian Responsibilities. 110-50.108 PMO Actions on Lost, Stolen, Damaged or Destroyed Property. 110-50.109 Removing Property from Government Offices. 110-50.110 Liability of State Employees Using Government Property. AGPMR – Part 110–50 Rev. 10/2013 1 Subpart 110-50.2 - General Provisions - Real Property 110-50.201 Scope of Subpart. 110-50.202 Department Policy. 110-50.203 Intergovernmental Review of Department of Agriculture Programs and Activities. Subpart 110-50.3 - General Provisions - Personal Property 110-50.301 Scope of Subpart. 110-50.302 Use of Farm Service Agency Personal Property by FSA County Committees. AGPMR – Part 110–50 Rev. 10/2013 2 PART 110-50 - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 110-50.000 Scope of Part. This part prescribes authorities, policies and related departmental requirements governing the management of real and personal property as provided by Chapter 102 of the Federal Management Regulations (FMRs). The authorities for these regulations are contained in: (a) Title 40 USC – the recodification of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. (b) The General Accounting Office Policy and Procedures Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies, Title 2. (c) Code of Federal Regulations, 7 C.F.R. 2.24. (d) Debt Collection Act of 1982. Subpart 110-50.001 - Definitions 110-50.001-1 Accountable Property. Real Property – All owned real property with an acquisition cost of $25,000 and above and all leased or assigned real property. Personal Property – All capital leases (this would exclude operating leases for personal property) and all owned personal property having an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more, and any item valued at less than $5,000 but determined by an Agency Property Management Officer (APMO) to be sensitive. (See AGPMR 110-50.001-18 for definition of leases.) 110-50.001-1a Capitalized Property. Real Property – All property with an initial acquisition cost of $25,000 or more. All other property is classified as non-capitalized. Personal Property – All Property that meets the following criteria: (1) It must be of durable nature; (2) It must have a useful life of 2 or more years once placed into service; and (3) Its initial acquisition cost must be $25,000 or more, or $100,000 or more for internal use software. All other personal property not meeting these criteria is classified as non-capitalized. AGPMR – Part 110–50 Rev. 10/2013 3 110-50.001-2 Controlling Agency. The officially designated agency authorized to hold custody of real and personal property for the United States Government. The agency exercises immediate assignment control over the use and occupancy of such property. Controlling agency does not include an agency that has granted a permit or other right to another agency to assume custody. 110-50.001-3 Depreciation. The rational and systematic method of allocating the cost of an asset over its estimated useful life. 110-50.001-4 Gross Negligence. A conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons, property, or both. It is conduct that is extreme when compared with ordinary Negligence, which is a mere failure to exercise reasonable care. 110-50.001-5 Maintenance. The routine recurring work required to keep property in substantially original condition. It may include replacement of parts, materials or equipment. 110-50.001-6 Betterment. Changes made to property by substituting superior parts for inferior parts, the objective of which is to make the basic unit more useful or to extend its service life. 110-50.001-7 Official Property Records. The set of property records used for property management control and accountability. Official property records can be stored either electronically or on hard copy. Duplicate records, however, should not be maintained. Information on the PMIS/PROP and CPAIS-RP databases are considered official. AGPMR – Part 110–50 Rev. 10/2013 4 110-50.001-8 Property Management Information System (PMIS). An automated database management system that provides managers with personal property inventory control and accountability on a nationwide basis. PMIS has three subsystems for personal property: (1) PROP (property), (2) EMIS (motor vehicles) and (3) SPIN (supplies). 110-50.001-9 Repairs. Expenditures or labor, not limited to outside sources, required to keep property in operating condition suitable for its intended use. 110-50.001-10 Sensitive Personal Property. Any item of accountable property valued less than $5,000 which is highly susceptible to loss or theft as defined by the Agency Property Management Officer. 110-50.001-11 Custodian. The employee who has been assigned personal property for their use. 110-50.001-12 Additions. A part added to a building or structure in such a manner as to become a part thereof. 110-50.001-13 Improvements. Buildings, structures, and facilities located on land. 110-50.001-14 Leasehold Improvements. Easements, rights-of-way, and improvements to land, buildings, or structures, and facilities occupied and paid for by the agency as lessee. This definition does not include the cost of any Government-owned buildings, structures, and facilities placed on land by an agency. AGPMR – Part 110–50 Rev. 10/2013 5 110-50.001-15 Public Domain. Lands which have never left Federal ownership; also lands in Federal ownership which were obtained by the Government in exchange for public lands or for timber on such lands; original public domain lands which have reverted to Federal ownership through implementation of public land laws. 110-50.001-16 Real Property. For the purpose of this part, real property is any interest of the United States Government in land, buildings, or structures, including any permanently attached fixtures, appurtenances, and improvements of any kind located thereon. The definition prescribed in FMR 102-71.20 is for application in the utilization and disposal of real property. 110-50.001-17 Resource Improvements. Expenditures made for the primary purpose of increasing the value of the land through reforestation, range revegetation, timber stand improvement, and the propagation of seed and tree planting stocks. 110-50.001-18 Leases. The proper classification of a lease is determined by the circumstances surrounding the transaction. According to Statements of Financial Accounting Standards #13 (SFAS 13), Accounting for Leases, if substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership have been transferred to the lessee, the lease should be recorded as a capital lease. Otherwise, the lease should be recorded as an operating lease. 110-50.001-19 Personal Property. Property that is not classified as either real property or Federal Government records and includes all equipment, materials, and supplies. AGPMR – Part 110–50 Rev. 10/2013 6 Subpart 110-50.1 - Authorities and Responsibilities 110-50.101 Authority and Responsibility of the Director, Office of Procurement and Property Management. The Director, Office of Procurement and Property Management (OPPM), is responsible for the promulgation of departmental policies, standards, techniques and procedures pertaining to the acquisition, leasing, utilization, value analysis, construction, maintenance, and disposal of real and personal property, including control and use of space assignments. 110-50.102 Department Property Management Officer. The Chief, Property Management Division, is the Department’s Real and Personal Property Management Officer and has responsibility for the development of policies, procedures and standards for the effective acquisition, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of real and personal property throughout the Department. 110-50.103 Agency Property Management Responsibilities. Each Agency/Office Head is responsible for the effective implementation of a property management program to ensure maximum utilization of department property, operation of adequate inventory control and accountability systems, proper disposal of unneeded assets, and adequate security for government resources. 110-50.104 Agency Property Management Organization. Each Agency/Office Head will provide resources to accomplish the following property management tasks: (a) Maintain accurate and complete property records using the departmental property system of record. (b) Conduct physical inventories of accountable personal property at least every two years. (c) Survey agency property on a continuous basis and reassign underutilized items to other units within the agency for maximum usage. (d) Effect prompt determinations of excess and refer such property for departmental and federal screening and subsequent disposal. (e) Execute correct disposal of property eligible for abandonment or destruction. (f) Screen for available excess property from other departments/agencies/offices rather than make new procurements. (g) Ensure adequate security of government resources. AGPMR – Part 110–50 Rev.